Couple charged with drug offences

A man and woman have been charged after police seized 36 grams of cocaine, three marijuana plants and 3.5 kilograms of dried marijuana Tuesday.

At about 4 p.m., the Pictou County integrated street crime unit, the RCMP and a police dog team searched a home on Gates Road in Central West River, an RCMP release said. A 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were arrested and charged.

The man faces charges of producing marijuana and possessing marijuana and cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. He remains in custody and will appear in Pictou provincial court this week.

The woman was released and will be in court Oct. 20 to face drug charges.